Total Crime Rate
14871.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1688.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carnaby Street area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carnaby Street (W1F 7DQ) in the last 12 months was 14871.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1756.5% higher than the Marylebone average (801.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,481 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , up 250.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -32.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 461 (≈ 1688.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carnaby Street (W1F 7DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1441 crimes here, including 226 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broadwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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